Head to head
Laayoune vs Dakhla
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Laayoune is the larger of the two, with 196,331 people to 106,277 in Dakhla. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Laayoune is the larger of the two, with 196,331 people to 106,277 in Dakhla. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Laayoune nor Dakhla has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Western Sahara| Metric | Laayoune | Dakhla |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 196,331 | 106,277 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 2nd largest |
| Country | Western Sahara | Western Sahara |
| Region | — | — |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 11:56 PM · UTC+01:00 | 11:56 PM · UTC+01:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
474 km apartLaayoune and Dakhla are 474 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Western Sahara. Dakhla keeps time the same time as Laayoune.
Laayoune has 90,054 more people — 1.8× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Laayoune or Dakhla?
- Laayoune is the larger city by population, with 196,331 people to 106,277 in Dakhla — a difference of 90,054. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Laayoune and Dakhla?
- 474 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Western Sahara. Dakhla keeps time the same time as Laayoune.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Laayoune or Dakhla?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Laayoune is the larger of the two, with 196,331 people to 106,277 in Dakhla. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Laayoune and Dakhla both currently sit at $0.
Settle it
Neither city is on the board. The first $1 behind either one decides which of them goes first.
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